Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Adamnán's Acre, Cargill
Grid reference
NO 125 339 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
312500 733900
Latitude
56.4891587391157
Longitude
-3.421161775390993
Altitude (metres)
40
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Adamnan's Chapel, Cargill (0.06 miles)
Cambusmichael, former parish, St Martins (0.98 miles)
Cambusmichael Church, St Martins (1.07 miles)
Cambusmichael, settlement St Martins (1.28 miles)
Craigmakerran, settlement, St Martins (1.41 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Associated with St Adomnán's Chapel, Cargill, it was a grange of Coupar Angus Abbey.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cargill, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Adamnan's Chapel, Cargill
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Acra Sancti Adamnani
Head name
Acra Sancti Adamnani
Place
St Adamnán's Acre, Cargill
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Acra Sancti Adamnani 1568, RMS
Historic formAcra Sancti Adamnani Head nameAcra Sancti Adamnani PlaceSt Adamnán's Acre, Cargill Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iv no. 1809 Date of citation1568 x 1568 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodyCoupar Angus Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Acram Sancti Adanani 1637, RMS
Historic formAcram Sancti Adanani Head nameAcra Sancti Adamnani PlaceSt Adamnán's Acre, Cargill Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ix no. 740 Date of citation1637 x 1637 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Adomnán (ns) (certain)
Adomnán m. Rónáin of Iona (certain)
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